Re: [Evolution] IMAP configuration

[Ng Oon-Ee <ngoonee gmail com>]

On Mon, 2010-03-08 at 15:46 -0500, Jesse Lazar wrote:
> I have very recently switched from POP to IMAP. I have two configuration
> problems that are hopefully easy, however I am not seeing how to solve
> them. I use gmail...
>
> 1) I get a duplicate of every sent message, that is two copies are saved
> in the sent mail folder. In evolution I set the sent messages folder to:
> myemail gmail com (IMAP)/[Gmail]/Sent Mail. I do not see any
> configuration in gmail to save a copy of sent mail. (I am not sending
> two messages.)

This was mentioned in a recent thread. Gmail automatically saves a copy
of sent mail, don't save your local copy in [Gmail]/Sent Mail.
> 2) I cannot delete messages. When I delete them they are moved to the
> trash folder for the remainder of the session. They re-appear the next
> time I start evolution.
>
> Thanks

Have you tried manually deleting them from the trash folder? If that
works, look at 'Mail Preferences' for your options.